Fragrance Notes
Dolce Shine
Mango is not a material many houses are willing to put at the front of a fine fragrance, and Dolce and Gabbana Dolce Shine Eau de Parfum 75ml is largely an argument that they should.
Four materials, so this is a short and direct composition rather than a layered one. Mango is the loudest, ripe and golden and a little resinous at the edge, and it is handled as fruit flesh rather than as juice, which keeps it from reading as a smoothie. Tiare flower sits with it, soft and sunlit and faintly creamy, the flower most people associate with monoi oil. Orange blossom brightens the top of both with a clean, soapy, slightly bitter lift. Sandalwood is the only thing holding the bottom, smooth and milky and warm, and without it the fruit would have nowhere to land.
Marie Salamagne composed it in 2020. There is no long development to wait for: the picture arrives fast and stays, which makes it an easy fragrance to wear without thinking about it. At eau de parfum strength it lasts well into the evening from a morning application, sitting close after the first hour or so. Within the Dolce range it is the sunniest and the most openly fruity, and it is aimed at women who want something warm without anything sugary underneath it. Best in spring and summer, and particularly good on holiday. Supplied in the 75ml bottle that the line uses as standard.
Dolce and Gabbana has been an Italian fashion house since 1985, founded by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana and still creatively led by them. It does not make its own beauty products: since October 2016 Shiseido has held an exclusive worldwide licence covering fragrance, makeup and skincare, operated from its EMEA headquarters in Paris, and only eyewear is licensed on similar terms.
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